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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

1. Do you feel like you are part of a knitting circle here with Sharon and other She-Knits listeners?

I am going to change my schedule for now to podcasting the 2nd and 4th of the month instead of every week. So next cast will be Jan. 9 or 10th. I hope I am not letting anyone down. I want to continue to record regularly however the every week gig wasn't feeling pleasureful it was feeling pressure filled. I hope you all understand and stick around. I know you all want me to have fun with it...right?

I still plan to check our and write in the She-Knits Podcast group daily. Feel free to start your own topics in there and please post your FO's and thoughts!

Check Friday nights or Saturday morning for the Whatchaknitting Saturday thread. That is a great fun part of our Knitting Circle.

APPETIZERS CONTEST-ENDS DEC 31st with a randomly drawn winner of a to be announced prize. I will tell you that it is something you read. Let us all see the recipe for your favorite easy to follow recipe. If you are on Ravelry post it there in the She-Knits Podcast group, and if you are not a member please post your recipe in the comments here. I will announce the winner in January.

You can still enter the current CONTEST (below), it ends Dec 31st.

MORE GIVE-AWAY FUN. I am really trying to pick all your brains and offer a chance at winning something in the process IF you would like to win the book Family Tree, by Barbara Delinsky (and I am sure I will add some goodies!!!) leave a comment here, or on Ravelry in She-Knits Podcast group as follows:1. Please tell me about the first project you ever did and if you think it is a good project for me to teach my beginning knitters.AND if you have a good specific tip, then.....2. Please leave me that great tip you have been taught whether; a teacher told it to you, a knitter-friend, or you read it in a book or on-line.

Monday, December 17, 2007

* The IK Magazine is spoken for!!!! Heather was first to e-mail * That was fun1

"WHATCHA KNITTING SATURDAY"Join us this Saturday 12/23 on the She-Knits Podcast Group in the Ravelry forums as I intermittently through-out the day lead a casual open ended Whatcha knitting or whatcha cooking knitting circle. Come and go as you please on "Whachaknitting Saturday" or. if you are not on Ravelry e-mail me sdreifuss[AT]msn[DOT]com and say hello on Saturday!

Join the Finished object thread in She-Knits Podcast group or again you an e-mail them to me if you are not on Ravelry- we are a knitting circle I would love to see what you are doing, again if you are not on Ravelry e-mail me and show me!

101 DESIGNERS one-skein WONDERSCross Over ScarfLace VestCatch me if you Can socks

My questions this week- feel free to answer them here in the shownotes comments or privately or on Ravelry (privately or in the forums- I will post the questions in the SHe-Knits Podcast group in the forums entitled Questions form #32.

1. If you have a ladies sz. 6.5 foot, is it better to knit the largest size of the children's pattern of the Fiber Trends felted clog if you found the adult small to be a bit big?2. Do you actively use your fingertips to manipulate your knitting needles?3. What is a good non-wool that has the beautiful coloring of Manos for those of us that can't wear wool? Anyone want to do a KAL with the 101 Designers One Skein Wonders Cross Stitch Scarf......just a quickie?? E-mail me or look for the thread in the She-Knits podcast group on Ravelry entitled Quickie KAL Cross Stitch Scarf from 101 Designers One Skein Wonders.4. Do you have a 7th grader and does 7th grade seem like a hard year over all in school?5. Who decides what fashions are in- movie stars..is it celebrity driven?

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Since my podcast is so personal, I have decided to combine my personal blog with my podcast blog. I had almost entirely stopped blogging as it seemed that I was saying everything I wanted to say on the podcast and included the information I wanted to include on the podcast shownotes.

I am working on writing the pattern for the Carie Bag. My SheKnitsforKnitters.com shop is going to have exclusive patterns my Etsy shop won't have, there is one on there now...was that a good teaser?? The Carie Bag will be listed there also...probably by next weeks end.

I am still unsuccessful with the Sirdar Coat whilst everyone else (almost) on that KAL) has finished!

Out of my funk has come the inspiration to finally knit the Fiber Trend Clogs..now I can talk about it on the She-Knits Podcast group Fiber Trends clog KAL thread YAYYY!!!!

I still am anticipating WICKED and if you would like, come join that KAL on Ravelry in the She-Knits Podcast group entitled Wicked Anticipation. We will be doing it towards the end of January. I think I can , I think I can , I think I can.....

Let me here about what is inspiring you...maybe you will inspire me. Let me know what your favorite knitting magazines other then IK.

APPETIZERS CONTEST-ENDS DEC 31st with a randomly drawn winner of a to be announced prize. I will tell you that it is something you read. Let us all see the recipe for your favorite easy to follow recipe. If you are on Ravelry post it there in the She-Knits Podcast group, and if you are not a member please post your recipe in the comments here. I will announce the winner in January.

You can still enter the current CONTEST (below), it ends Dec 31st.

MORE GIVE-AWAY FUN. I am really trying to pick all your brains and offer a chance at winning something in the process IF you would like to win the book Family Tree, by Barbara Delinsky (and I am sure I will add some goodies!!!) leave a comment here, or on Ravelry in She-Knits Podcast group as follows:1. Please tell me about the first project you ever did and if you think it is a good project for me to teach my beginning knitters.AND if you have a good specific tip, then.....2. Please leave me that great tip you have been taught whether; a teacher told it to you, a knitter-friend, or you read it in a book or on-line.

I finished this Caroline Bag for JB and she is picking it up tomorrow and I know she is going to love it Yayyyyy! The first one in gray is for JB the second one is from my student from my very first felted handbag class...it is a stunning bag she did a fantastic job...the third one is the traditional Caroline and is for sale at a local boutique

Congrats to Emily H and Coggie TM for winning the random drawing in the finger food desserts contest.

MORE GIVE-AWAY FUN. I am really trying to pick all your brains and offer a chance at winning something in the process IF you would like to win the book Family Tree, by Barbara Delinsky (and I am sure I will add some goodies!!!) leave a comment here or on Ravelry in She-Knits Podcast group as follows:1. Please tell me about the first project you ever did and if you think it is a good project for me to teach my beginning knitters.AND if you have a good specific tip, then.....2. Please leave me that great tip you have been taught whether; a teacher told it to you, a knitter-friend, or you read it in a book or on-line.

Neoknitshas really great sweater patterns. Melissa is a talent to be reckoned with...or bought from!

If you would like to purchase one of my patterns or kits please come come and visit my new websiteSheknits for Knitters will it is unofficially open for business....we are working out the last few kinks however my webmaster says that 'shopping on your website should be a pleasant experience". Come and visit, just say hi or, I would be honored to have you as my first customers.

My first felted bag students- I need to get pictues of their completed bags!These are the patterns they did which can all be found at Sheknits for Knitters:Ali Bag- Caroline BagMarly Bag - this student wanted to make it more of a bucket bag with a single strap...so we did!

Listen to this weeks free podcast of This American Life, its about birthdays, holidays and anniversaries-get a good laugh and think some deep thoughts all in one hour.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Holiday Kal Cal ifor new participants. You can still donate prizes and get free advertising in return.

* Silja Devine is contributing a $25.00 gift certificate to her new shop! She is also offering a Discount to all Holiday Elves so make sure you check her out!! You can find her at... My Creative Impulses

* THE Cheryl Oberle of Cheryl Oberle Designs is contributing a signed copy of both of her books! You can find more of her wonderful designs here. o Folk Shawls o Folk Vests

* Carrie of DharmaFay (yes...that Carrie..also known by her Socks In The City Podcast Fame) is contributing some sock yarn! Winners Choice! You can find her at Dharma Fey

* Heather of Knittin Pretty is contributing one skein of handspun yarn and one set of stitch markers. She will be spinning something special for the prize, probably a superwash merino (for socks). Also she has many other stitch marker designs and will try to include something festive :) You can find her at...

* She-Knits for Knitters (yes ths is me, Sharon) is contributing one of her wonderful KITS from her etsy shop (winner's choice). The 5 Petals Bag Complete Kit or The Sunflower Bag Kit.

Either post on Ravelry in She-Knits Podcast group under CONTEST heading or send it to me via e-mail sdreifuss[AT]msn[DOT]com. I'm hungry hurry-upCONTEST ENDS Nov. 22nd- you will be harshly but fairly judged (kind of) by my children (and me) and there will also be a randomly picked winner.

"HeyShe-Knits, "you so politely ask, "What do I W I N ?" Well, for you sock and shawl meisters some sock/shawl yarn...meaning that skinny kind of yarn- and for you felters or bulky wool lovers some Lamb's Pride Bulky. There will be two winners. So COME ON LET'S SEE YOUR GOOD STUFF! And think before you send...chocolate chip cookies probably won't win..no offense to the humble chocolate cookie...unless it is something really special.

Either post on Ravelry in She-Knits Podcast group under CONTEST heading or send it to me via e-mail sdreifuss[AT]msn[DOT]com. I'm hungry hurry-upCONTEST ENDS Nov. 22nd- you will be harshly but fairly judged (kind of) by my children (and me) and there will also be a randomly picked winner.

"HeyShe-Knits, "you so politely ask, "What do I W I N ?" Well, for you sock and shawl meisters some sock/shawl yarn...meaning that skinny kind of yarn- and for you felters or bulky wool lovers some Lamb's Pride Bulky. There will be two winners. So COME ON LET'S SEE YOUR GOOD STUFF! And think before you send...chocolate chip cookies probably won't win..no offense to the humble chocolate cookie...unless it is something really special.

The rest of the shownotes are all about the zuppa, I wanted to give non-Ravelryers a chance to see the receipe's. If you are on Rav. they are in my She-Knits Podcast group forum.Enjoy and keep the soups coming!

Drain the liquid from the chick-pea cans into a measuring jug. Add water to make up the liquid to 900 ml (l '/2 pints). In a food processor or blender, puree this liquid with the chick-peas, garlic, olive oil and lemon juice. Pass the soup through a sieve into a saucepan. Season it with salt, pepper and Cayenne and stir in most of the mint and coriander or parsley. Boil the soup hard for two minutes. Remove from the heat and adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Stir in the rest of the herbs and serve, if liked, with a swirl of olive oil.

Knitterphreek'sCREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP

1 pound of mushrooms

1/2 cup of butter or margarine

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 small onion, sliced

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

3-1/2 cups chicken stock

3 chicken boullion cubes or envelopes

1 teaspoon salt (I leave this out, there is enough salt added in the boullion)

Saute onions in butter. When onions are tender, add other ingredients. Heat through and enjoy!

Valink's -I most often make vegitarian split pea soup. I never use a recipe, but usually I just sautee some onions, carrots & celery, throw in some dry lentils & saute them for a few minutes, sometimes I put the sweet potatoes in at this point too, sometimes I wait til later to put them in, then I add a whole bunch of water & a bag of dry split peas &bring it to a boil. Then I add random spices, salt & pepper, whatever I'm in the mood for a the moment & let the whole thing simmer til it's the consistency I want. I like it to be a really thick soup. Sometimes I'll add pastina or orzo or something like that to thicken it further if I've added too much water or too few peas. I don't cook much, so this is the best I could do!

~Valerie

mamased'sHere's our family favorite, which I learned about from Faith, The Knitting Cook, on her podcast. It is from Moosewood. Quick. Easy. Delicious. Even works for company. Make sure you use the chipotle pepper--canned in adobo sauce available in the Mexican food section of grocery store.

Warm the oil in a non-reactive soup pot. Sauté the onions and garlic in the oil for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until the onions are translucent. Add the carrots and cumin and cook on medium heat, sitting often for a few minutes. Add the celery and peppers, lower the heat, cover, and cook for about 10 minutes. Add the beans chipotle, tomatoes, orange juice, and water, and simmer, covered for 20 minutes. If you're not using canned beans, add ½ cup of beans cooking liquid or additional water.

If you like a thicker broth, you can blend one or two cups of the soup until pureed, and stir it back into the remaining soup. Top with optional sour cream and cilantro.

Cut leeks lengthwise into half then slice it up, chop onion and potato. In a pot swet them alltogether in the melted butter for 10 min. Cover and stir time to time. Add the water plus milk and simmer for 20 min. after boiling. Then just blend with the handheld blender and it is ready to serve. My kids love it. Try it. The recipe is originally from Delia Smith.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

She-Knits Bag Patterns to see the newly named Ali, Melly, and Robin bags for sale as patterns and complete kits

Small Ali Bag for customer

On the needles:Still writing and knitting ...well really embroidering at this point...the pattern for the Caroline Bag

The "Every Wondering if I will Finish" very first sock

The Sirdar Coat thanks JUDIE...(not Julie as i mistakenly referred to her in the podcast ...*says while fanning the embarrassed heat out of my face....anyone that wants to knit this with others we are all going to start our knit-a-long it in another week or so either check the She-Knits Podcast group on Ravelry topic Sirdar Coat in the forums or e-mail me at sdreifuss[AT]msn [DOT]com if you are not on Ravelry and will work it out. Check out how good it looks on Judie and the link to the pattern in previous podcast shownotes

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Would you like to win a copy of Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perry (a.k.a. Crazy Aunt Purl)? Maybe I will even throw in some yarn...mwah ha ha Randomly drawn winner on Oct 7th. Please e-mail your entry to me directly at sdreifuss[AT]msn[DOT]com. Please send me a comment with your favorite item you have ever knit that you REALLY wear or use. You know, something that you might even knit again. Let's here it...there are too mnay of us knitting things we aren't happy with...I would love to hear what you actually HAVE been HAPPY with.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

A listener commented that she was "sad and shocked" that I said that the woman on Geek Farm was annoying. I want to clarify that I have never listed to Geek Farm and on this weeks podcast I was reading aloud other peoples comments that were in response to my quest for finding new podcasts to listen to since there seemed to be a shortage of enough knitting ones. A few people mentioned Geek Farm Life however a number of them also shared with me that they found the "woman on the show is irritating". I was reading these comments out loud not even thinking about what I was saying. I wasn't saying that I found her to be annoying, but rather that some listeners found her to be annoying. I never should of mentioned the "irritating" part. It was unnecessary, insensitive and a careless mistake. I apologize for my lack of recognition as to what I was saying and am sincerely sorry if I upset anyone in saying this. I would never intentionally say something mean-spirited about an individual on my podcast. Yes I have said that I do want to be honest in my opinion about book reviews or the scatchy yarn factor, however I would never purposely say something mean-spirited about a person . As silly as this podcast may be, I take it seriously in terms of a certain responsibility about what comes out of my mouth. There are human beings behind those podcasting voices that come out of the computer, or i-pod, and there are human beings listeing to these words. This human being/ podcaster made a mistake and I apologize.

Apology #2- and this one is about my on-doing lack of tech skills.

I thought I learned how to edit at my lesson at the Apple Store...which I kind of did, however...I recorded the episode, and then realized I wanted to add something, which of course I can do becaseu I learned how to edit....right?? WRONG! So the first time I sign off don't click off the show (...or maybe do) as it continues on woth another part that I added late, including ending again. Sorry for being confusing...and double PEACE to you this week.....and me

Beck Knits Too contest- Becky says, "Tell me what can be done with Rowan 4-ply and win a prize. Random drawing to be held next Sunday September 16. Advertise the contest on your blog and let me know and you'll get a second entry in the drawing"

Just Another Blog is having a contest to celebrater the opening of ther shop Yarn Forest that carries handpainted yarn . They are exploring base yarns and giving out two prizes of their yarns in a random drawing. TO enter you have to tell them which socks of yours have help up best as they want to figure out which abase yarns to try for their handpainted yarn.

Yarn dog's contest is just to leave a comment telling about your favorite knitting spot. She is remodeling her spot. Random winner picked to win yarn.

Knit on my Cat is preggers and havng a contest to see if anyone can guess the name of her baby girl. She gives hints on her blog post about it, including that it begins with a vowel. Yarn is the prize

Hankering for Yarn is having a contest to win a one of a kind yarn art doll just by leaving a contest. You do have to pay postage for mailing

Mom's Knitting Again blog is having a yarn prized contest and entering involves leaving a comment, you get extra enteries for linkng contest to your blog, and extra for actualy knitting something for a preemie and hopefully getting some involvement in what knitting fro preemies is about

Patterns I thought were very cool but didn't want to do because they were either going to give me bulk-itis, The Tuxedo Jacket from Twinkles Big City Knitsor bor-a-mania, The Slouchy Cardigan form Knit Cafe. Having said that I think the books are incredibly beautifully done, the pictures are inspiring and I would like to make something some day form both of them.

Congratulations to Deb - you won the contest because your number was up...in a good way.... I will send you your requested prize from the prize list which is the kit for the Marly Bag Shorty.

I also awarded a second prize just kind of spontaneously to the 2nd number in the list from the Random Generator thing-a-ma-jig and the winner was Ruth Ann. Congrats Ruth Ann, I will send you the Marly Bag Originals kit that you picked as a prize.

Happy knitting ladies and please let me know if there are pictures to view of your finished bags.

Thanks to everyone that entered I received some interesting suggestions for bags. It seems the most popular one from my shop that people would like to see a pattern for is the Floral Bowling Bag.

Here are some bags from cyberland that others suggested they would like to see translated into a knitting pattern.